P3 - Fixed Tune Mode anomaly

[k6dgw]

I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode.  Every now and then [usually more "then"
than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and
disappear as I continue to tune up or down.  The "cursor-is-that-way"
arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't
change.

Adjusting CENTER will fix it.  It happens repeatedly [but not often], it
is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent.

Anybody else seen this?  Fix?

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Fred,

I use Fixed-Tune mode exclusively and I have never experienced the runoff you described. As soon as about half the VFO-A cursor disappears the screen refreshes with the cursor on the opposite side.

On a mildly related subject, I'm aware of two ways to center the VFO-A cursor in Fixed-Tune mode without using the P3 knob. The first way is to hold the Span/Center button two consecutive times (hold-hold). The other is to set up one of the four programmable buttons (FN1-FN4) to change tracking mode. The button label will read FixTrack. Press it once and it changes from Fixed-Tune mode to Tracking Mode and the VFO cursor jumps to center screen. Press it again and your back in Fixed-Tune mode. So it's a push-push operation to get the cursor to center screen and return to Fixed-Tune mode. You can also have a K3 button perform this operation as a macro.

73,
Mike K2MK

k6dgw wrote

I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode.  Every now and then [usually more "then"
than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and
disappear as I continue to tune up or down.  The "cursor-is-that-way"
arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't
change.

Adjusting CENTER will fix it.  It happens repeatedly [but not often], it
is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent.

Anybody else seen this?  Fix?

73,

Fred K6DGW

[Rick Prather-2]

Fred,

It sounds like you have the menu selection "Fix Mode"  set to Static.

Select in the Menu and set it to "Half Span", "Full Span" or "Slide".

Pick the one that works best for you.  I use "Half Span"

Rick
K6LE

>
> k6dgw wrote
>> I run my P3 in fixed-tune mode.  Every now and then [usually more "then"
>> than "now"], the VFO A cursor will get to one side of the screen and
>> disappear as I continue to tune up or down.  The "cursor-is-that-way"
>> arrow appears and the frequencies of the end points of the screen don't
>> change.
>>
>> Adjusting CENTER will fix it.  It happens repeatedly [but not often], it
>> is not willfully repeatable, and doesn't seem to be band dependent.
>>
>> Anybody else seen this?  Fix?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>
>
>

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